Thanksgiving

We began our Thanksgiving weekend by decorating around our house.  We used to do this after the holiday, but it is nice to come home to a decorated house!  The kids are getting so big that they block the whole tree when they stand in front of it!  Oh well, the tree does look pretty.

Our first stop on our travels was at Susie's house.  Troy and I were not as excited to travel this year.  We were jealous of everyone who just gets to stop in at gatherings and then go back to their own home.  We did not get packed up and on the road until after lunch.  The trip was good except for a text informing us of a possible covid exposure.  We made a quick stop at CVS for rapid tests and holed ourselves up in the bathroom for 20 minutes.  After we all tested negative, we unpacked and began the weekend!

We had a lovely Thanksgiving with Troy's sister and niece, nephew and their families.  It took the kids awhile to warm up to each other after not seeing one another for 2 years.  A highlight of the meal was the Thanksgiving question can cards that Timothy read.  We had some good conversation!

Relaxing at Susie's house.

On Friday we went to my mom's house.  We skipped the repeat of the turkey dinner and had some charcuterie boards that pleased everyone.  A highlight of this gathering is the after dinner football game! One team had great strategy, one team had great creativity!  I kept trying to get a Hail Maria play...when it happened, I couldn't catch it. I tried!

On Saturday some more of the cousins came over for the afternoon.  There were SSS plays by Teresa and Fiona, a few video games and lots of laughs.

It was a great visit after all.  I am thankful we got to be in person with family again this year!